{"conversationCode":"016-063","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":63,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-063","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T22:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-09T01:03:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"5:17 PM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"8:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and 8:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-063 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 16-63\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:17 pm and 8:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["016-063.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:14:04","tapeEnd":"02:14:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-062","nextCode":"016-064","transcript":[{"start":4.55,"end":8,"text":"That's good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief interaction served as a logistical administrative step to facilitate a direct communication line between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","National Security Advisor","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:35:14.154Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","national-security-advisor","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-063.mp3","bytes":201246,"durationSec":8.31,"bitrate":193806,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-063.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-063","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-063","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}